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Serbia’s height defeats Korea in 13th place playoff

Team of Serbia thanks the crowd in Miguel Grau Arena after victory over Korea Sunday morning

Callao, Peru, July 31, 2011— Serbia got the 13th place by defeating Korea in a three-set match 3-0 (25-19, 25-16, 25-18) in Callao, at the FIVB Volleyball Women’s Junior World Championship final day in Peru 2011.

Serbia’s top scorer was Ljubica Kecman with 18 points, followed by Jovana Stevanovic with 10. Korea’s top scorers were Kim Ji-Soo and Kim Eon-Hye with 9 points each one. Serbia got 16 blocks while Korea got 4.

Korea and Serbia went out to the court very aggressive in the first set. At the beginning, Serbia took control of the match, and they went to the two technical time outs being ahead. Jovana Stevanovic’s spike gave the win of the first set for Serbia.

Koreans rebounded in the second set and they scored the first four points much thanks to the Korean libero Ran Noh .However, they could not keep the result, and Serbia could take advantage of it. A strong Ljubica Kecman made five out of nine blocks of Serbia and scored four points, being the top scorer in their team. She herself closed the set with an unstoppable spike, defeating Koreas defense.

The story changed a little bit in the third set. Korea showed their defense work, and they blocked much better than the other sets. Even though of it, Serbians’ height was their best weapon against them. Koreans could not do too much about it. Kim Ji-Soo’s nine points were useless. Maja Savic’s spiked the last ball for Serbia in front of a entusiastic crowd.